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Ole Martin Bollandsås is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research focuses on the interface between environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and ecology.

The scientist's work chiefly explores topics related to remote sensing and LiDAR applications, forest ecology and management, tree-ring climate responses, remote sensing in agriculture, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, cryospheric studies and observations, and forest management and policy.

Ole Martin Bollandsås has published extensively, including papers such as:

  • Relationships between single-tree mountain birch summertime albedo and vegetation properties (2021) in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Land cover classification of treeline ecotones along a 1100 km latitudinal transect using spectral- and three-dimensional information from UAV-based aerial imagery (2022) in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Soil carbon stocks in forest-tundra ecotones along a 500 km latitudinal gradient in northern Norway (2022) in Scientific Reports
  • The relative role of climate and herbivory in driving treeline dynamics along a latitudinal gradient (2020) in Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Reuse of field data in ALS-assisted forest inventory (2020) in Silva Fennica

The frequent coauthors of Bollandsås include:

  • Erik Næsset (20 joint publications)
  • Terje Gobakken (19 joint publications)
  • Hans Ole Ørka (13 joint publications)
  • Lennart Noordermeer (7 joint publications)
  • Ida Marielle Mienna (5 joint publications)

Publication venues where Bollandsås has frequently contributed include:

  • Silva Fennica (4 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (4 publications)
  • Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research (3 publications)
  • Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research (3 publications)
  • Remote Sensing (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Classifying species of individual trees by intensity and structure features derived from airborne laser scanner data

    Hans Ole Ørka;Erik Næsset;Ole Martin Bollandsås

  • Single Tree Segmentation Using Airborne Laser Scanner Data in a Structurally Heterogeneous Spruce Forest

    Svein Solberg;Erik Naesset;Ole Martin Bollandsas

  • Allometric models for prediction of above- and belowground biomass of trees in the miombo woodlands of Tanzania

    Wilson Ancelm Mugasha;Tron Eid;Ole Martin Bollandsås;Rogers Ernest Malimbwi

  • Comparing regression methods in estimation of biophysical properties of forest stands from two different inventories using laser scanner data

    Erik Næsset;Ole Martin Bollandsås;Terje Gobakken

  • Model-assisted estimation of change in forest biomass over an 11year period in a sample survey supported by airborne LiDAR: A case study with post-stratification to provide ``activity data''

    Erik Næsset;Ole Martin Bollandsås;Terje Gobakken;Timothy G. Gregoire

  • Estimating biomass in Hedmark County, Norway using national forest inventory field plots and airborne laser scanning

    Terje Gobakken;Erik Næsset;Ross Nelson;Ole Martin Bollandsås

  • Comparing biophysical forest characteristics estimated from photogrammetric matching of aerial images and airborne laser scanning data

    Terje Gobakken;Ole Martin Bollandsås;Erik Næsset

  • Mapping and estimating forest area and aboveground biomass in miombo woodlands in Tanzania using data from airborne laser scanning, TanDEM-X, RapidEye, and global forest maps: A comparison of estimated precision

    Erik Næsset;Hans Ole Ørka;Svein Solberg;Ole Martin Bollandsås

  • Comparison of precision of biomass estimates in regional field sample surveys and airborne LiDAR-assisted surveys in Hedmark County, Norway

    Erik Naesset;Terje Gobakken;Ole Martin Bollandsas;Timothy G. Gregoire

  • Different plot selection strategies for field training data in ALS-assisted forest inventory

    M. Maltamo;O. M. Bollandsås;E. Næsset;T. Gobakken

  • Predicting the growth of stands of trees of mixed species and size: A matrix model for Norway

    Ole Martin Bollandsås;Joseph Buongiorno;Terje Gobakken

  • Effects of different sensors and leaf-on and leaf-off canopy conditions on echo distributions and individual tree properties derived from airborne laser scanning

    Hans Ole Ørka;Erik Næsset;Ole Martin Bollandsås

  • Mapping and estimating the total living biomass and carbon in low-biomass woodlands using Landsat 8 CDR data

    Belachew Gizachew;Svein Solberg;Erik Næsset;Terje Gobakken

  • Indirect and direct estimation of forest biomass change using forest inventory and airborne laser scanning data

    Ronald E. McRoberts;Erik Næsset;Terje Gobakken;Ole Martin Bollandsås

  • Effects of field plot size on prediction accuracy of aboveground biomass in airborne laser scanning-assisted inventories in tropical rain forests of Tanzania

    Ernest William Mauya;Endre Hofstad Hansen;Terje Gobakken;Ole Martin Bollandsås

  • Modeling Aboveground Biomass in Dense Tropical Submontane Rainforest Using Airborne Laser Scanner Data

    Endre Hofstad Hansen;Terje Gobakken;Ole Martin Bollandsås;Eliakimu Zahabu

  • Detection of biomass change in a Norwegian mountain forest area using small footprint airborne laser scanner data

    Ole Martin Bollandsås;Timothy G. Gregoire;Erik Næsset;Bernt-Håvard Øyen

  • Forest biomass change estimated from height change in interferometric SAR height models.

    Svein Solberg;Erik Næsset;Terje Gobakken;Ole Martin Bollandsås

  • The effects of field plot size on model-assisted estimation of aboveground biomass change using multitemporal interferometric SAR and airborne laser scanning data

    Erik Næsset;Ole Martin Bollandsås;Terje Gobakken;Svein Solberg

  • Relationships between diameter and height of trees in natural tropical forest in Tanzania

    Wilson A Mugasha;Ole M Bollandsås;Tron Eid

  • Large-scale estimation of change in aboveground biomass in miombo woodlands using airborne laser scanning and national forest inventory data

    Liviu Theodor Ene;Erik Næsset;Terje Gobakken;Ernest William Mauya

  • Different plot selection strategies for field training data in ALS-assisted forest

    M. Maltamo;O. M. Bollandsås;E. Næsset;T. Gobakken

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Næsset
Erik Næsset Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Terje Gobakken
Terje Gobakken Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Matti Maltamo
Matti Maltamo University of Eastern Finland
Svein Solberg
Svein Solberg Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Timothy G. Gregoire
Timothy G. Gregoire Yale University
Rasmus Astrup
Rasmus Astrup Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Ronald E. McRoberts
Ronald E. McRoberts University of Minnesota
Göran Ståhl
Göran Ståhl Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Joseph Buongiorno
Joseph Buongiorno University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ross Nelson
Ross Nelson Goddard Space Flight Center

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